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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2019
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Atsushi Ikeno, Kyoto, JP;
Muneaki Shimada, Tokyo-to, JP;
Kota Hatanaka, Kama, JP;
Toshifumi Nishijima, Kasugai, JP;
Fuminori Kataoka, Nisshin, JP;
Hiromi Tonegawa, Okazaki, JP;
Norihide Umeyama, Nisshin, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A voice dialog device includes a sight line detection unit configured to detect a sight line of a user, a voice acquiring unit configured to acquire voice pronounced by the user, and a processor. The processor is configured to perform a step of acquiring a result of recognizing the voice, a step of determining whether or not the user is driving, and a step of determining whether or not the voice dialog device has a dialog with the user. When the detected sight line of the user is in a certain direction, and a start keyword has been detected from the voice, the processor determines that the user has started a dialog. The processor switches the certain direction based on whether the user is driving.